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Governor Josh Stein Calls Special Legislative Session to Address Medicaid Funding Shortfall
Governor Stein proposed three funding options to restore Medicaid after cuts impacted over 3 million residents due to legislative inaction over six months.
- Governor Josh Stein called the North Carolina General Assembly back to Raleigh for a November 17, 2025, extra session to address Medicaid funding, after a Nov. 6 press release.
- Lawmakers had six months to act and cuts to the program took effect October 1st, creating an immediate funding shortfall for North Carolina Medicaid.
- NCDHHS reported a $319 million shortfall and a 5% reimbursement cut, with Stein offering three options, including fully funding Medicaid at $319 million, to lawmakers. Sangvai warned many providers are set to exit Medicaid by the end of this month.
- Officials warned providers are stretched and patients turned away, while Governor Josh Stein urged residents to call representatives and House Speaker Destin Hall cited House-backed proposals, with Senate Democrats supporting an extra session.
- The legislature adjourned last month without a full budget, leaving the state 129 days into the fiscal year without one despite the General Assembly appropriating $600 million to the Medicaid rebase.
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Governor, for first time in 7 years, calls Legislature back to Raleigh
(The Center Square) – Legislators in North Carolina have been called back into session by Gov. Josh Stein to address Medicaid funding.
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Stein calls on lawmakers to fund the Medicaid rebase
Gov. Josh Stein is again calling on the General Assembly to fund the Medicaid rebase by convening in a special session on Nov. 17. “Our state’s Medicaid program is in crisis, manufactured by our General Assembly, and people are suffering,” he said at a press conference on Thursday. “Fortunately, because the General Assembly created this crisis, it can solve it as well. That’s why I’m calling on the General Assembly to come back to Raleigh to do …
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